Sinn Féin currently leads Northern Ireland's own semi-autonomous, power-sharing government, so securing a victory in the republic could be enormously consequential in making that referendum happen, though it's unclear how much Britain's central government in London could try to stand in the way ...
ireland abortion referendum May 27, 2018 Behind the Push to Name Ireland’s Abortion Legislation ‘Savita’s Law’“We have one last request, that the new law, that it is called ‘Savita’s law.’” By Amanda Arnold abortion rights May 25, 2018 Irish Exit Poll Projects Abortion Ban ...
on that 2004 day in Castleknock when a young man with migrant heritage set a political record, and Fine Gael saw its future.His decision tocome out as a gay man before the marriage referendum of 2015may not have been politically motivated, but it certainly didn’t ...
in the UK I appreciate the generosity of spirit whereby Ireland is not a “foreign” country. Irish in Britain today have full civil and political rights above and beyond those of other EU citizens, and this is reciprocated in the Republic (except for presidential elections and referendums). ...
Under the Belfast Agreement 1998, approved in referendums North and South, self-determination is for “the people of the whole island of Ireland alone by agreement between the two parts respectively”. Northern Ireland is part of the United Kingdom and may become part of a United Ireland. ...
This article appeared in The Mayo News on Tuesday, October 15, 2024. Back in the economically dark days of 2012, Ireland passed the Children’s Rights Referendum, ostensibly committing to place children’s welfare at the heart of the Constitution, enshrining the protection of children, and legal...
the pointless motion of no confidence in Justice Minister Helen McEntee after the Dublin riots last November; her proposal to bring down house prices in Dublin to an average of €300,000 (now abandoned); the party’s support for the government’s disastrous family and care referendums in Mar...
“It was maybe the first time society as a whole understood the extent of the restriction the Eighth Amendment actually created in Irish law.” As a result of the case, referendums in 1992 established that Irish citizens couldn’t be prevented from traveling abroad for a legal abortion or ...
He played a leading role in campaigns to legalize same-sex marriage, approved in a 2015 referendum, and to repeal a ban on abortion, which passed in a vote in 2018. He led Ireland during the years after Britain’s 2016 decision to leave the European Union. ...